English

Tassie devil

From Tassie (“Tasmania”) + devil.

Formed from Tassie ‘Tasmania’ + devil

Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- ‘to create’

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Middle Persian tšt' ‘bowl’

Arabic طَاس ‘bowl, basin’

Middle French tasse

French tasse ‘cup’

Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- ‘to hit by throwing’

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Latin diabolus

Proto-West Germanic *diubul

Old English dēofol ‘a demon, devil’

Middle English devil

English devil

Today it means

noun The Tasmanian devil (marsupial native to the island of Tasmania).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Tassie devil